Machine for straightening match-splints



(No. Model.)

W. H. WYMAN.

MAGHINE FOR STRAIGHTENING MATGH SPLINTS. No. 322,145. Patented July 14:, 1885.

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WILLIAM H. WYMAN, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

MACHINE FOR STRAIGHTENING MATCH-SPLINTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,145, dated July 14, 1885.

' Application filed May 16,1885. (No model.)

To aJZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WYMAN, of Oshkosh, Winnebago-county, Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Straightening Match-Splints, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for straightening match-splints and depositing them straightened in a box, whereas heretofore the splints were straightened by the machine, and then placed by hand in the box.

The invention consists in the combination, with a partitioned shaker, of a partitioned box held in the bottom part of the same.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view ofmy improved machine for straightening matchsplints. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is across-sectional elevation of the same.

The shaker A is provided with the double transverse partitions B, the longitudinal partitions 0, and with the upwardly and outwardly inclined flanges or wings D at the top edges.

Longitudinal angle-irons E are secured on the sides of the shaker and rest on two side pieces, F, in which they can slide.

The box G, adapted to receive the'lower' part of the shaker, is provided with transverse partitions H, fitting within the double transverse partitions B of the shaker, the said box Gbeing held on the bottom of the shaker by suitable catches or supports, M. A rod, J, for

vibrating the shaker, is connected with the same.

The splints are placed in the shaker A, which is vibrated inthe direction of its length, causing the splints to turn and move until they drop lengthwise into the compartments L, formed between the partitions B and O, and rest on the bottom of the box G, as the shaker has no bottom.

'When the compartments L are filled, the shaker and the box are detached, and the splints remain in the box G, and are straight between the partitions H, extending from one partition to the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The partitioned shaker A, having its transverse partitions made double, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the shaker A, having double transverse partitions, of a box for receiving the lower part 'of the shaker, and which has transverse partitions fitting in between the double partitions of the shaker, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a partitioned shaker without a bottom, of a partitioned box held on the bottom of the shaker, substantially as herein shown and described.

4.. The combination,with a partitioned shaker without a bottom, of a partitioned box held by catches on the bottom of the shaker, .sub-

stantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM H. WYMAN. Witnesses:

CHAS. OELLERICH, J. J. BARKMAN. 

